Member of Parliament for Tafo, Vincent Ekow Assafuah, has reiterated his strong support for the Human Sexual Rights and Family Values Bill, describing it as a vital instrument for protecting Ghana’s moral identity and preserving the nation’s traditional family structure.
According to the opposition MP, the Bill “seeks to promote and protect Ghana’s moral, cultural, and family values as enshrined in Article 39 of the 1992 Constitution,” which directs the State to integrate appropriate customary values into national life.
Assafuah emphasised that the legislation “recognises the family as the basic unit of society and upholds the sanctity of marriage as a lifelong union between a man and a woman, each of whose gender is determined at birth.”
He argued that such legal clarity was necessary to preserve the moral fabric of the nation amid “modern influences and ideologies that are inconsistent with the nation’s social norms.”
He further noted that the Bill’s intent goes beyond prohibition, seeking to establish “a legal framework that protects children, strengthens parental and institutional responsibility, and ensures that the promotion of sexual conduct contrary to Ghanaian values does not erode the cultural foundation upon which our society stands.”
For Assafuah, the Family Values Bill represents not just a moral stance but an assertion of Ghana’s sovereignty.
“At its core, the Bill aims to preserve Ghana’s moral identity and safeguard the traditional family structure,” he stated, stressing that no external ideology should dictate how Ghanaians define family and social morality.
